Extra: Tis' The Season...To Be Swatted?

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Day, two GOP lawmakers were targeted by prank callers who called in fake emergencies to their homes. These perpetrators "swatted" these representatives, aiming to trick law enforcement into sending heavily armed SWAT units to cause fear and panic at the lawmakers' homes. Both Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Congressman Brandon Williams were unharmed, but as a result, law enforcement stressed again that swatting is a dangerous crime that could lead to the deaths of innocent civilians. Retired FBI special agent John Iannarelli agreed this crime can easily become a lethal one. He joined the FOX News Rundown to explain the concerning trend and why it's life-threatening for law enforcement and civilians alike. Due to time limitations, we could not include the full interview in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with John Iannarelli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News Run Down Extra.
0:05.0	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:08.0	On Christmas Day, two Republican lawmakers had the cops called to their houses by prank callers an
0:14.6	incidents known as swatting. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia and
0:18.4	Congressman Brandon Williams of New York both found themselves the targets of
0:22.3	this criminal harassment method that's becoming
0:24.8	more common.
0:26.0	And since then, Senator Rick Scott of Florida's home was swatted as well.
0:29.8	Swadding involves a perpetrator making a fake emergency call about a supposed serious crime at someone's
0:35.2	address, tricking law enforcement into going to that person's home often with a SWAT team.
0:40.7	In some cases, swatting has proven deadly. In 2017, a Kansas video game
0:44.8	streamer swatted someone's address and the cops responding to the
0:47.9	supposed threat ended up killing an innocent man. We spoke to retired FBI
0:51.8	Special Agent
0:52.6	John Yonarelli about the concerning rise
0:54.7	of this cyber crime and how law enforcement is
0:57.2	training to respond to these incidents.
0:59.6	We made edits for time and thought
1:00.9	you might like to hear our entire conversation with
1:02.8	Yanarelli about this next generation cybercrime. If you haven't already
1:06.4	please subscribe to the weekday rundown podcast and we hope you'll keep tuning into
1:10.2	the podcast in 2024. From all of the folks at the rundown we wish our listeners a happy new year.
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